students suspended and expelled and ordered resumption of classes at the university. On 17 December 1923, the strike leaders Pelayo Román Benítez, Felix Ochoteco, Isaiah M. Crespo, P. Wilson Colberg, Alfonso Paniagua and Mario Polanco gathered under a gum tree in the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico and founded the fraternity Phi Eta Mu, for the purpose of granting protection and mutual loyalty in the face of repression from the university authorities. They managed thus to establish within the university one of the most serious and more solidly grounded student organizations ever, including a wise Constitution, a comprehensive set of regulations and a refined blend of traditions have placed the fraternity Phi Eta Mu in a place of excellence among Puerto Rican student organizations, a solid grouping of mind and spirit known to have succeeded the test of time. Founders The Honorable Fraternity Phi Eta Mu was installed on December 17, 1923, with the following group of young people as its founding members: Wilson P. Colberg Isaias M. Crespo Felix Ochoteco, Jr. Alfonso Paniagua Mario Polanco Pelayo Román Benítez The late Dr. José Menéndez was presented at the meeting of December 17, 1923 and became the first neophyte of the Honorable Fraternity Phi Eta Mu, thus also becoming part of its first group of directors. Publications Aclaración y Crítica , 1941 by Antonio S. Pedreira; book Paliques , 1952 by Nemesio Canales; book Poemas de amor, poemas del paisaje, poemas de Dios , 1964 by Josefina Guevara Castañeira; audio Edmundo Disdier interpreta a Edmundo Disdier , 1973 by Edmundo Disdier; audio See also List of social fraternities and sororities References External links http://www.phietamu.com Fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico Student organizations established in 1923 Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida 1923 establishments in Puerto Rico